# Crushing injuries at JMS Russel Metals Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2021086579` · 8/5/2021 · BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JMS Russel Metals Corp.
- **Location:** 5027 North County Rd. 1015, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a slitter machine when the rubbers on its arbor caught his right hand and pulled his arm through the slitter head. The employee's right hand and arm were crushed.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*